U.S. Army troops departing San Francisco, California for the Philippines, aboard the USAT Etolin, before World War II, in the Pacific. The Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay as seen from the ship passing under the bridge. Passengers seen in life jackets during mandatory first emergency ship drill. Ship flags and a smoke stack. A man reads a book while relaxing on a sun lounger. Views from ship as it arrives in port of Honolulu. View of the Aloha Clock Tower on Pier 9 at Honolulu Harbor. Lifeboat suspended from davits. Soldiers sunbathing on the deck. Army officers conversing with the ship's Captain.
Pre-Olympic skiing during the Hahnenkamm Races in Austria. Penny Pitou of New Hemisphere and Linda Meyers of California participate in the championship. In the men's events, Adrian Avillard becomes the first non Austrian to win the combined title on a challenging course. Spectators watch the championship.
Views of aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, in the period of Operation Market Time. A yellow Follow-Me vehicle is moving along a taxiway. Parked behind it are three U.S. Air Force EC-121D "Big Eye Task Force" aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing. (Aircraft from that unit rotated on 90-day temporary duty assignments, from their home base at McClelland AFB, California.) A number of C-123s and C-47s can be seen parked on the flight line in the background. A USAF B-57B aircraft taxis along the taxiway (where the Follow-Me vehicle had led). Next, a C-123 taxis on that taxiway, in the opposite direction. An O-1E Bird Dog observation plane taxis past the noses of the EC-121Ds as a U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter flies overhead and lands behind them. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider with Tail Code Z, taxis past the camera, followed by another with Tail Code V. In background, another UH-1E helicopter lands and an ambulance takes wounded away. It is followed by yet another one, also met by ambulance. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft of Patrol Squadron Four (Tail Code YD) taxis fairly close to the camera.
The 1967 International 500 Sports Car Race on the Brands Hatch Race Track in England. Philip Toll Hill Jr., an automobile racer from California, driving a Chaparral race car leads other sports car including Ferrari and Porsche. Philip Toll Hill comes out of his car. Photographers click pictures.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division at Camp Carroll in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Congressman James C. Corman of California with Army type utility and uncovered stands in clearing at the Camp take pictures with home movie camera. A U.S. soldier with utility and covered walks and stands in the foreground. Several other Army personnel with utility and covers stand atop M-107 175mm Self Propelled Field Artillery Gun. They ready the gun for firing. Congressman Corman stands near a parked jeep takes picture with his camera. A Congressman from North Carolina with Army type utility and uncovered stands near rear of 175mm Self Propelled Field (SPF)Artillery Gun. Army personnel stand atop 175mm SPF Artillery Gun as they readying the gun for firing. Lieutenant Colonel R.P. Holden member of 'M' company with utility, cart belt, canteen and branches in camouflage helmet and large purple flowers stick out of his utility jacket. He walks over dirt area in tall bushes. He carry 60mm mortar tube and base plate on shoulders, moves out to reveal other marines. Some other marines carrying mortar rounds and M-14 rifle follow him. The marines with packs as they walk on dirt area. Head and shoulder of Lt. Col. Holden as he stands along the dirt path. He looks towards bushes. Another marine holds M-14 rifle and stands in the background. Several other marines stand on the dirt path and look towards the bushes. Private First Class W. M. Thomas member of 3rd Weapon Platoon seated on ground, uncovered and opens a can of 'C' ration with turn type can opener. Another marine drinks from 'C' ration can near bushes. The hands of PFC removes his 'C' ration from his pack lying on the ground. A marine seated on ground hits can of 'C' ration against his hand to open it. Another marine lights a cigarette. A Corpsman A.S. Jaquer with utility and uncovered seated on ground eat 'C' ration. Marines sit and eat the ration Two other marines one smoke cigarette and other eat the ration near bushes.
Personnel buy food items from a Navy Commissary in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Clarence E. Lyons of USAF (United States Air Force) from Canton, Ohio and John T, Brown from Chula Vista, California look trough the Navy Commissary in Saigon. They have items in a basket. Stant T. Kent of RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) from Rockhampton, Queensland looks over the spices shelf in the Commissary. A jar of spices being looked over in the hand of Kent. He walks off with the bottle. Kent walks along looking at things in the Commissary. He passes by the frozen meat and eggs. Men stamp prices on cans. Two Vietnamese workers in the Commissary stamping prices on top of cans. A cash register being run up by one of the women clerks. Canned and other items move along the conveyor belt at the checkout counter. The Vietnamese female worker working on cash register. She checks prices as items move along the belt. A man stands waiting to pay for food he bought. A girl at cash register. Checkout counters in commissary with people going through each area. Several people in the Commissary. One man is checked out at one of the counters. A Vietnamese worker is bagging groceries. Men picking up items from shelves in the Commissary. Personnel making purchases in the Commissary. Some of them use the food baskets. Other just walk around with an item or two in their hands.
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